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Woman Paralyzed By Hickey

January 21, 2011

These are things people need to know about! It’s scary, but we’re telling you for your own good! So, sit up and pay attention! A woman in New Zealand lost movement in her left arm, which was concerning. She went to the emergency room, where doctors found a nasty old hickey on her neck near an artery. According to Dr. Teddy Wu, “Because it was a lovebite there would be a lot of suction. Because of the physical trauma it had made a bit of bruising inside the vessel.” Also, ew: “There was a clot in the artery underneath where the hickey was.”

The clot, then, went to the woman’s heart, causing a minor stroke. Fortunately, she was treated and has regained the use of her arm, and everything else.

Wu said he thought it was the first incident of hickey-hospitalization.